Halladay, 11-3 with a 2.45 ERA, started the 2009 All-Star Game while with the Toronto Blue Jays and will be the fourth pitcher to make an All-Star start for both leagues, following Vida Blue, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson. Halladay, who started in 2009 with Toronto, is the first Philadelphia pitcher to start since Curt Schilling in 1999.

Away from the game, The Rev. Jesse Jackson urged baseball’s All-Stars to speak out against the Arizona immigration law, saying they should follow the example set by Jackie Robinson when he broke the sport’s color barrier more than a half-century ago.

Jackson told the Associated Press that it’s too late for the players to withdraw. He says they should play and speak out.

Boston slugger David Ortiz, a native of the Dominican Republic, was among the few players willing to talk Monday about the law. But he said he won’t get involved with any protests surrounding tonight’s game.